Verizon said it will start labelling the devices it sells with environmental performance data. Under the new scheme, Verizon’s devices will now feature ECO Specs Labels, which will highlight five key factors. The % of recycled content or FSC/SFI paper used in the packaging The % of recycled content in the Verizon Wireless Device Meets Verizon Wireless [...]
Eltek announced the signing of a frame agreement for hybrid power solutions with Caterpillar Inc., the world’s leading manufacturer of high-speed diesel generator sets and engines. The contract involves the design and supply of high-efficiency hybrid power solutions, combining an optimal generator operation with renewable energy, typically for remote telecom sites. Caterpillar is a leading [...]
In support of the “World Environment Day” (WED) and to follow up on the Paris Call to Action on “Smart Sustainable Cities”, ITU and Telefónica have announced a Green ICT Application Challenge to uncover innovative ICT approaches and applications towards addressing global environmental issues in cities and urban areas. The submission period [...]
By Navin Vohra, vice president, Wireless Sales, Asia Pacific and India, CommScope As mobile operators seek new ways to meet the ever-increasing need for bandwidth today and in the future, they face many challenges – evolving technology and new applications. The continued data growth of connected devices is predicted to reach US$50 billion by 2020. [...]
The 2012 Carbon Disclosure Project report has pegged Koninklijke KPN and France Telecom as the top carbon performers in the telecoms industry. Both operators were awarded an “A”, with KPN scoring 94 and France Telecom scoring 89 out of a total score of 100 in the Global 500 CDP report for 2012. An A score [...]
Vodafone and IBM is together in the smart home business, demonstrating in Berlin last week a solution that allows for remote management of household appliances. The smart home showcase features IBM’s SmartCloud Service Delivery Platform, and Vodafone’s Global M2M Platform. According to the companies, M2M will enable appliances to feed data back to service providers [...]
NTT Communications’ new Singapore data centre is probably not the most energy efficient or green facility in its global data centre portfolio. For starters, the new site is obviously targeted at high performance computing requirements, situated next to the city’s stock exchange, and marketed towards financial firms looking for the lowest latency, and highest reliability [...]
Intel uses 2.5 billion kWh of green power per year, giving the company the top spot in the US Environmental Protection Agency’s latest Green Power Partnership ranking for the Fortune 5000. The EPA Partnership is a voluntary program that encourages corporate purchase of renewable energy in the US. According to the EPA figures, Intel now [...]
NTT Communications’ US unit, NTT America, has taken many steps to green its infrastructure and systems, and that has paid off with a 2012 Green Enterprise IT Award from the Uptime Institute. The award, in recognition of NTT Com’s green data centre initiaitves, is shared with Vigilent, who provided the intelligent energy management systems to [...]
Polycom has won a deal to supply its RealPresence Platform to 11 Korean office locations for Woori Investment and Securities. “After installing Polycom video solutions, our meeting culture has changed for the better. Now, employees of the 11 offices can meet face-to-face on a moment’s notice, regardless of where they are, which has really contributed [...]
Nokia Siemens Networks is looking to revolutionise the mobile network with is Liquid Radio architecture, which not only promises to re-architect today’s base station infrastructure, but also to ultimately bridge the gap between highly specialise (and expensive) telecoms equipment and commoditise (cost competitive) computer components. Green Telecom Live talks to Mike Murphy, head of Technology [...]
Interview with Telenor Connexion: Inside the world of M2M
Telenor Connexion, the unit of the Telenor Group focused on the machine-to-machine market, has been developing and deploying M2M applications for customers for the past decade. Green Telecom Live speaks with Gwenn Larsson, head of marketing at Telenor Connexion, about what makes M2M different from the rest of the mobile industry and the kinds of [...]
Verne Global outlines Iceland data centre plans
Two years after we first published the Icelandic government’s plans to promote the building of data centres on its shores, a venture capital-backed start tup, Verne Global, is looking to make it a reality. Verne Global, backed by General Catalysts from Boston, Novator in London and the Wellcome Trust, is now constructing a wholesale data [...]
Next gen data centre architecture Part 2: Cisco’s Unified Computing
Cisco this month unveiled what some company executives dubbed one of the biggest announcements for the network equipment maker – ever. With the announcement of its Unified Computing, Cisco officially enters the computing space, although not quite as previous speculation in the industry had outlined. Instead of just producing its own blade server, Cisco unveiled [...]
Next gen data centre architecture Part 1: Juniper’s single switching fabric
In the past couple of weeks, cloud computing has really taken off, with both service providers, server makers, and switching vendors all making big announcements on service deployments and new gear designed for cloud operating environments. Specifically, both Juniper and Cisco made significant announcements in their vision of a next generation data centre environment that [...]